Press Release

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

REMARKABLE UNITY IN WAKE OF 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK MUST BE USED

TO REINFORCE MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT REGIME, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Says Realizing Attack’s

Impact if Nuclear, Chemical Weapons Used Committee’s Starting Point

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, OPENING CONSIDERATION OF JIU REPORTS,

WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

23^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS BULGARIA, CAMEROON, GUINEA, MEXICO, SYRIA

TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL

Terms to Begin on 1 January 2002

PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST THREATS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by the President of the Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland), on the threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ISSUES LIST PURSUANT

TO PARAGRAPH 8 (c) OF RESOLUTION 1333 (2000)

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL LOOKS FORWARD TO CONVENING OF PROPOSED SUMMIT

OF LEADERS OF GUINEA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

4387^th & 4388^th Meetings*(AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF KOSOVO

TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER 17 ELECTIONS

UNCTAD REPORT ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY REASSERTS

INTERDEPENDENCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

(Reissued as received.)

Preparatory Commission for the

International Criminal Court

33^rd Meeting (AM)

AT EIGHTH SESSION OF PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT,

FOUR WORKING GROUPS ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF ASSIGNMENTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

AGREED POLICIES NEEDED TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD

Global Movement of Workers Said to Be Driving Force of Development